Teton Creek Collaborative
This is the project that launched LegacyWorks, and its ever-expanding impact is a testament to the power of well-facilitated collaborative efforts among committed local partners. Since the collaborative’s 2014 launch through a grant from the LOR Foundation, work has centered around protecting …
Snake River Headwaters Watershed Group
“Legacy’s ability to maintain an impartial view while zeroing in on key issues has enabled us to learn from each other and make informed decisions for one of the West’s most important rivers.” Aaron Pruzan, SRHWG steering committee member.
Through intentional design, facilitation, and coordination by LegacyWorks Group, SRHWG has become a trusted hub for collaborative problem-solving in the Upper Snake.
Upper Snake Collaborative
Teton Valley Declining snowpack and increased downstream water demand threaten the Upper Snake River watersheds. The Upper Snake Collaborative, a group of nonprofits and stakeholders, aims to address these challenges by creating a 60,000-acre foot carry-over in Island Park Reservoir to allow water managers …
Teton Basin Water Users Association
LegacyWorks Group is a founding facilitator and ongoing advisor to the Teton Basin Water Users Association, advancing collaborative, community-based solutions to restore the Teton Basin aquifer and protect local agriculture and ecosystems.
Landowner Outreach Series
Cody The East Yellowstone Collaborative organizes landowner and community outreach events aimed at in-depth discussions on various topics of interest while fostering social connections among landowners, NGOs, and community members.
East Yellowstone Collaborative
Cody Working with private landowners and partners, EYC was formed to catalyze landscape-scale conservation along the Absaroka Front while enhancing the economic viability of ranches and their important role in wildlife conservation. EYC is committed to finding conservation solutions that work for …
Absarokas Working Group
Cody With the rollout of the USDA/Wyoming Big Game Migration Initiative, working groups have been set up in each of the five priority areas across Wyoming. LegacyWorks facilitates the local Absarokas Working Group (AWG) which includes extensive participation from federal, state, and NGO…
Interstitium
In this time of giving thanks, I am feeling grateful for so many things. Our remarkable team. Our phenomenal partners, funders and clients. The culture of authentic connection, curiosity and openness we cultivate together. How that culture welcomes each of us with our great gifts and growing edges.
Melissa Fontaine Announcement
We’re thrilled to welcome and introduce you to our newest Santa Barbara Regional Initiative team member - Melissa Fontaine! Melissa brings to LegacyWorks a deep commitment to both the natural world and local community.
Self Healing Communities
Following the tragic death of Marlon Brumfield and other youth in Lompoc in 2018, Yasmin Dawson and Cozy Blow co-founded Collective Cultures Creating Change (C4) Lompoc as a non-profit organization committed to reducing violence, improving outcomes for youth and catalyzing systemic change in Lompoc.
Catch Together Collective
Since early 2022, LegacyWorks Group has been playing a central role in the evolution of Catch Together, a nonprofit program helping small-scale fishermen and heritage fishing communities ensure they retain access and continue to steward and conserve their local fisheries.
Sentinel Landscapes
Sentinel Landscapes are federally designated priority areas that contain high priority lands for multiple federal and state agencies along with military installations of national importance to the Department of Defense. LegacyWorks Group is supporting the evolution of the program at the national and local levels to better enable each Sentinel Landscape Partnership to set and achieve highly ambitious, landscape scale conservation, community and disaster resilience goals.
Good Fire
In 2017, the Thomas Fire raged through Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. At the time, it was the largest, most devastating wildfire in history; burning more than 285K acres in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, destroying over 1,000 buildings, resulting in over $2.2B worth of damages and causing over 100K people to evacuate their homes.
The Heart of Ellwood Mesa
Ellwood Mesa is an important node in a connected mosaic of protected lands in Goleta. It is also one of the most important overwintering sites for the western population of monarch butterflies. Monarch populations are declining globally, and the overwintering population at Ellwood has declined as well, raising alarm bells in the community.
City of Goleta Ellwood Mesa
The City of Goleta’s Parks and Open Space Division invited LegacyWorks Group to help them unveil their efforts to restore the monarch butterfly habitat at Ellwood Mesa.
LegacyWorks Santa Barbara Community Resilience Portfolio
Community resilience is our collective capacity to endure, respond and recover from adversity. Resilience allows us to adapt and grow after a disaster, whether a pandemic, flood or wildfire. At LegacyWorks, we work to build community resilience every day as we show up in service of emerging community needs.
Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard
During 2020-2021, LegacyWorks partnered with Santa Barbara County to develop the Community Data Dashboard to provide residents and leaders with timely access to trustworthy data on COVID-19. In 2022 our partnership expanded COVID-19 monitoring and reporting through implementing wastewater surveillance.
Community Wellbeing Dashboard
Last year we partnered with the Santa Barbara County CEO’s Office and six County departments to develop and launch a Community Wellbeing Dashboard that reports on an array of metrics across nine key focus areas. Together we developed a community wellbeing framework that allows us to identify and report on key factors that contribute to community wellness, creating a tool to inform decision making and track progress over time.
Resilient Santa Barbara County (RSBC), PACEs Connection and Network of Care
Resilient Santa Barbara County (SBC) is a countywide network dedicated to preventing and reducing the impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Santa Barbara County. It is overseen by the ACEs Steering Committee, a group of volunteers who are shaping the vision, purpose, principles and objectives of this emerging network.
Network of Care and FindHelp
The LegacyWorks team worked alongside Cottage Health to help provide support for community organizations to implement FindHelp. FindHelp is the platform chosen by the Network of Care to implement a standardized referral system and resource directory throughout the county social sector.